Jesus

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

Jesus 1 4? B.C.-A.D. 29? A teacher and prophet whose life and teachings form the basis of Christianity. Christians believe Jesus to be Son of God and the Christ.

Jesus 2 Called "son of Sirach.” fl. third century B.C. The author of the Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.

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proper n. Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish man whom Christians call Jesus Christ in belief that he is the Messiah.

proper n. A male given name in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.

n. A Christian savior.

n. An artistic representation of a Christian savior.

interj. An expletive, whose use is considered blasphemous in some Christian sects.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

proper n. The savior; the name of the Son of God as announced by the angel to his parents; the personal name of Our Lord, in distinction from Christ, his official appellation.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The Greek form of Joshua, used in the authorized version of the Bible twice to designate the Jewish leader so named (Acts vii. 45, Heb. iv. 8), once to designate a man called Justus (Col. iv. 11), and elsewhere as the personal name of the Saviour, frequently conjoined with Christ, the Anointed, the official title.

n. With the article, a representation of the crucifixion or of the ecce homo, or even of the mere emblem of Christ, such as the I. H. S. or : used in old inventories, etc.

n. a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

Middle English, from Late Latin Iēsus, from Greek Iēsous, from Hebrew yēšûă', from yəhôšûa', Joshua; see Joshua1.

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From Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς, from Hebrew ישוע. The Greek text makes no distinction between Jesus and Joshua, referring to them both as Ἰησοῦς. The Latin Vulgate is likely the earliest to make a distinction, referring to Jesus as Iesus and Joshua as Iosue.

Examples

Reply: jesus ate meat regularly regarding the passover; Jesus would have performed the passover ritual for years (he was a rabbi) and all involved would have partaken of the meat.

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JESUS LOVES FAGS because it's true and it gets in the face of everybody--the fundamentalists, the evangelicals, the strict secularists, the atheists, the public schools, and some gay people who don't realize yet that Jesus loves them.